get-started-vs-2022.md

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Get Started on Visual Studio 2022

This getting started will guide you through setting up your environment to create Uno Platform applications using C# and .NET with Visual Studio 2022.

Tip

If you want to use another environment or IDE, see our general getting started.

Install Visual Studio with Workloads

To create Uno Platform applications you will need Visual Studio 2022 17.8 or later:

1. ASP.NET and web development workload installed (for WebAssembly development)

   

2. .NET Multi-platform App UI development workload installed (for iOS, Android, Mac Catalyst development).

   

3. .NET desktop development workload installed (for Skia-based targets development)

   

Important

Uno Platform 5.0 does not support Xamarin projects anymore. To build Xamarin-based projects in Visual Studio 2022, in Visual Studio's installer Individual components tab, search for Xamarin and select Xamarin and Xamarin Remoted Simulator. See this section on migrating Xamarin projects to .NET 6.

Check your environment

[!includeuse-uno-check]

Install the Uno Platform Extension

1. Launch Visual Studio 2022, then click Continue without code. Click Extensions -> Manage Extensions from the Menu Bar.

   

2. In the Extension Manager expand the Online node and search for Uno, install the Uno Platform extension or download it from the Visual Studio Marketplace, then restart Visual Studio.

   

Additional Setup for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

It is possible to build and debug Skia Desktop projects under WSL if you choose to do so.

To setup your environment for WSL:

• Install WSL Ubuntu 22.04 or later
• Install the prerequisites for Linux mentioned below, in your installed distribution using the Ubuntu shell

Note

Running Uno Platform apps using WSL makes use of WSLg's support for Wayland.

Additional Setup for Skia Desktop projects

WSL

[!includelinux-setup]

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Next Steps

You're all set! You can create your first Uno Platform app.